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[LITERATURE] - PLATO (5th century BC) - [Renaissance Humanism – Early Printed Edition Of Plato Edited By Marsilio Ficino] - “Platonis Opera” Venezia, a Filippo Pincio Mantuano, 1517. In-folio. ff. [6], CCCLXXXIX, [1]. Complete. Title page printed in red, spaces for initial letters with guide letters, large decorated initial letter engraved in copper, diagrams. Full parchment binding with gold title on the spine. Some pages uniformly browned, foxing. A valuable post-incunabulum edition of Plato's works, edited by Marsilio Ficino, whose name appears in the preface: Proemium Marsilii Ficini Florentini in libros Platonis Marginal notes in pen by an ancient hand and in pencil by another hand. •⁠> This lot is located in and ships from the UK. No export license is required for values under £65,000; above this threshold, a UK export license will be needed. Import duties and taxes in the destination country are the buyer's responsibility.